Mop



June 13, 1933, Q KQQTZ 1,913,763

MOP

Filed June 17, 1931 INVENTOR.

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ATTORNEY;

Patented .lune 13, 1933 nir STATES ARTHUR c. xoomz, or MILWAUKEE,WISCONSIN Application filed June 17,

The invention relates to mops and more particularly to those types ofmops wherein a cloth or swab is held between a relatively r fixed andmovable jaw mounted on the operating handle. 1

Mops of the type above described usually have a fixed jaw formed as acasting or of several pieces of sheet metal riveted together and amovable jaw connected to a clamping lever mounted on the mop handle, aspring being interposed between the lever and fixed jaw. One of theobjects of this invention is to simplify the construction of the fixedjaw by forming it of a single piece of sheet metal thereby dispensingwith all riveting operations.

In mops of the above described type considerable difficulty has beenexperienced in anchoring the fixed jaw to the wooden handle andpreventing the usual fastening means such as staples from'pulling out.Another very important object of the present invention is to provide afixed aw member of sheet metal wherein the end portion of the socket isprovided with integral depending spurlike projections adapted to bedriven into the end of the handle to securely anchor the fixed jawthereto and absolutely prevent any tendency for this jaw becoming loose.

"p The invention further consists in the several featureshereinafter setforth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a plan View, ofa

mop structure embodying the invention, part of the handle being brokenaway; Y

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the structure with the jaws in openposition;

N Fig. 3 is a detail front end view, parts being broken away;

Fig. i is a detail sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing, the numeral 5 designates the usual wooden handle, 6 thefixed jaw memher, 7 the movable jaw, 8 the jaw operating lever and 9 thespring.

The fixed jaw 6 is made from a single piece of sheet metal which isfolded upon itself and bent to provide complementary sidesections,

. so each of which have a half socketportion 10,

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jaw portion 11, side flanges 12 which are clamped together by bendingatongue 13 onv one of the side flanges over 'the adjacent flange, itbeing notedthat the jmedial bend of the sheet metal'piece'isat 14a,'thegcenter 55 of the jaw, and thatjeach'side of the jaw is formed byreversely bending the inetjal to provide a" double thickness 'Thustliewhole of the fixed jaw is'formed of asingle piece of sheet metal'securedtogether without any rivets At the central portion of the jaw member itwill be notedthatthe jaw portion 11 is omitted and that the stock at thetop of the socket is cut or punched to provide driving lugs or spurs 15which are bentover into 65 the upper end of the'socket and, when thesocket portion of thejaw' member is fitted over the end of the handle 5,the lugs 15 are driven into the end of the handle as shown.

in Fig. 4 and thus this fixed jaw isfirmly 7 anchored to the handlewithout the use of separate fastening means.

The movable jaw member 7 is'formed as usual of heavy gauge metal wireadapted to cooperate with the groove of the jaw por l5 'tions 11 and beguided by the'end grooves 16 formed in said jaw portions and has hookedends 17 engaging in the ears 18 of a sheet metal lever 8 whose inner endhas H a pivot ear 20 encircling a part of the end '80 convolution of thespring 9 which at its other end is secured to the handle adjacent thejaw 6 by astaple 21 driven in the handle, the same here being shown ashaving one of its legs vpassing through an opening in the socket portionof the fixed jaw though this is not relied upon to firmly secure thefixed jaw to the handle as it has been found that where reliance isplaced on such fastening means that the staple frequently tears out. 99This staple however is sufficient to retain the spring'in position butthe lugs 15 are relied upon to hold the aw 6 to the handle.

The mop operates similar to others of this type in that the moppingmaterial is inserted between the open jaws and then the lever 19 isturned back to a position adjacent to the handle and due to the toggleaction effected through the offset connection of jaw member 7 with saidlever, the jaw members hold the mop material between them under ayielding pressure exerted through the action of the spring 9 on saidlever and movable jaw.

I desire it to be understood that this invention is not to be limited toany particular form or arrangement of parts except in so far as suchlimitations are included in the claims.

What I claim as my invention is:

10 1. In a mop of the character described, a fixed jaw member comprisinga single piece of sheet metal bent to provide jaw portions, a flange, asocket portion, and a driving lug extending into said socket portion andformed from stock between the jaw portions, said lug adapted to bedriven into the end o a mop handle.

2! In a mop of the character described, a fixed jaw member comprising asingle piece Of sheet metal bent medially of the jaw to providecomplementary parts, each of said parts having separated jaw portions, aflange, a half'socket portion medially ofthe flange and a driving lugformed from stock between the separated jaw portions and inwardly bentto project into the socket formed by said socket portions, means forsecuring said complementary parts together, said lugs adapted to bedriven into the end of the mop hand e,

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

ARTHUR C. KOOTZ.

